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Atom notational velocity3/14/2023 ![]() I frequently dump often-used snippets into Notational and are titled with a “refx” prefix (like an HTML snippet or command line function like the one I use to convert markdown to PDF if used often enough these become snippets in TextExpander). I currently have around 270 text files in Notational Velocity, sometimes nothing more than a single line of text. There’s nothing that doesn’t go into Notational Velocity.I like the feel of TextMate, and it also just does One Thing Well. I may draft up ideas for blog posts or research projects in Notational Velocity, but I normally do most of my writing in TextMate.It’s faster to type multiple q’s rather than start searching for the individual file. For example, I have a file called “TODAY agenda ” that I store my “most important things” to-do list in of things I want to accomplish that day. If I have a file I reference frequently or want to locate quickly, I follow it with a number of q’s, starting with at least two and usually going up to five. For frequently used items I use Merlin Mann’s “q trick”.Some of these are narrowed down: blogx is usually followed by “jahx” (my initials, a post meant for this site) or “tcx” (a blog post for Tumblr). I want a list of my running lists? I search for “runx”. I want to see all my blog material? I type “blogx”. Like Merlin, I use the “x” at the end of my prefixes to quickly find things. For example, my blog post brainstorms or drafts are prefixed with “blogx” followed by a potential post title and finally I use a TextExpander snippet to insert the full date and time (for example, a Notational line for this post might look like “blogx jahx Using Notational Velocity _23-05-06”). All of my notes are appended with, for lack of a better word, “tags” that I use to group items together and reference things quickly.My system is very similar to the system used by Merlin Mann: Everything is backed up and with me where ever I have an internet connection. Instead, I have all of my notes synchronized to Dropbox. I use to have the system synchronize with Simplenote, but I’ve turned this feature off recently.I can work on my writing on my laptop, or access the files on my phone if I need to. ![]() Plain text, after all, is the most portable, the most searchable, the most light weight medium for your writing.
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